H Home Background Color: He Li Be Californium Main Page Black White Gray B C N O F Ne Na Mg Californium Pictures Page Al Si P S Cl Ar K Ca Californium Technical Data Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe Cs Ba La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn Fr Ra Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og

Isotopes of Californium (click to see decay chain): 237Cf  238Cf  239Cf  240Cf  241Cf  242Cf  243Cf  244Cf  245Cf  246Cf  247Cf  248Cf  249Cf  250Cf  251Cf  252Cf  253Cf  254Cf  255Cf  256Cf

242Cf     Half-life Boson, 98p 144n 3.7 m Spin 0 Parity 1 Show Decay Modes Hide Ultimate Decay Products Yield Nuclide 100.0440194715% 206Pb 1.881305546672×10-6% 205Tl 2.731665972875×10-9% 208Pb 7.07296057776×10-17% 160Dy 4.640502543413×10-21% 140Ce Unknown 172Yb Unknown 152Sm Unknown 180Hf Unknown 176Hf Unknown 156Gd Unknown 168Er Unknown 164Dy Atomic Weight 242.063701552 Abundance None Mass Excess 59.337614MeV Binding Energy 7.509302MeV Magnetic Moment 0 μ Quadrupole Moment N/A   Show Element Pictures. Show only decay products of this isotope. Show Decay Image Smaller.

Click any isotope in diagram to see its data. Decay chain image generated by Mathematica's GraphPlot and IsotopeData functions from Wolfram Research, Inc..